In the middle of 2021, Apple bought the startup Primephonic with the goal of launching a classical music app in 2022.
2022 ended and we didn’t know anything else, but on Thursday, Apple finally announced Apple Music Classicala separate Apple Music app coming to the App Store on March 28.
“Apple Music Classical makes it quick and easy to find any recording in the world’s largest catalog of classical music with a fully optimized search,” Apple wrote in a press release. “Listeners can enjoy the highest audio quality available and experience many of their favorite classics in a whole new way with immersive spatial audio.”
Translated into less commercial language, Apple Music Classical has five million works of classical music in qualities up to 192 kHz/24-bit Hi-Res Lossless, and “thousands” of Dolby Atmos immersive audio recordings.
But the lure that will delight any classical music aficionado is an accurate metadata system that will let us know who composed and who is playing the music we listen to, as well as editorial content with “thousands of composer biographies and job descriptions.” clue”.
Apple Music Classical will be available on March 28 in all countries where you can subscribe to Apple Music (except China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, which will be available later). The Apple Music subscription is $11 a month ($6 a month for students) and now includes both services. It’s only coming out on iOS, but Apple says it’s working on a version for Android as well.
